The blue-cheeked bee-eater is a near passerine bird in the bee-eater family, Meropidae. The genus name "Merops" is Ancient Greek for "bee-eater", and "persicus" is Latin for "Persian". It breeds in Northern Africa, and the Middle East from eastern Turkey to Kazakhstan and India.
Similar species: Kingfisher, Bee-eater, Rollers
By Oddfeel
All rights reserved
Uploaded Aug 23, 2015. Captured May 21, 2015 09:58 in North 1, Burkina Faso.
